BIOPHILIC DESIGN is an innovative way of designing the places where we live, work, and learn. We need nature in a deep and fundamental fashion, but we have often designed our cities and suburbs in ways that both degrade the environment and alienate us from nature. The recent trend in green architecture has decreased the environmental impact of the built environment, but it has accomplished little in the way of reconnecting us to the natural world, the missing piece in the puzzle of sustainable development.

Image Credit: Fallingwater, Laurel Highlands Visitors Bureau.

Come on a journey from our evolutionary past and the origins of architecture to the world's most celebrated buildings in a search for the architecture of life. Together, we will encounter buildings that connect people and nature - hospitals where patients heal faster, schools where children's test scores are higher, offices where workers are more productive, and communities where people know more of their neighbors, and families thrive.

The monthly Environmental Film Series is presented through the ongoing partnership of the Havre de Grace Green Team and Havre de Grace Maritime Museum. We are funded through a grant by the Joseph Robert Foundation.